11 Datestamp

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Type 11 A framed circle, 26.5 mm in diameter, with the inscription in four straight lines across the centre - a code numeral at top, 'BRISBANE' in the next line, with the date in one line beneath; date, month and year all being in two digits, and then 'QL' at the foot, with no stops. 

Dates seen range from 3 December 1880 to 1 December 1881. Code numbers seen by me are 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12. Campbell also lists codes 3 and 6. Usually used as a departure mark, it is very rare and is predominantly seen off stamp on the front of covers. Rated 4R - 5R.  The detailed breakdown is as follows:

• Code 1 (3 December 1880 - 6 November 1881) rated 4R - $40 on cover
• Code 2 (November 1881) rated 5R - $100 on cover
• Code 4 (20 January 1881 - 23 February 1881) rated 5R - $80 on cover
• Code 5 (14 April 1881 - 24 November 1881) rated 4R - $50 on cover
• Code 8 (14 May 1881 - 1 November 1881) rated 5R - $80 on cover
• Code 9 (8 January 1881 - 10 October 1881) rated 4R - $30, $50 on cover
• Code 11 (6 June 1881 - 14 November 1881) rated 5R - $80 on cover
• Code 12 (24 December 1880 - 1 December 1881) rated 5R - $80 on cover

Brisbane Datestamp type 11 (from Campbell)

Code 1

1880

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 1. Rated 4R. Dated 3 December 1880. Seen on the Internet

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 1. Rated 4R. Dated 8 December 1880. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 1. Rated 4R. Dated 10 December 1880. Seen in a private collection

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 1. Rated 4R. Dated 23 December 1880. Seen on Ebay

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 1. Rated 4R. Dated 29 May 1881. Seen at Christoph Gartner auction no 48

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 1. Rated 4R. Dated 6 November 1881. Seen in a private collection

Code 2

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 2. Rated 5R. Dated November 1881. Seen in a private collection

Code 4

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 4. Rated 5R. Dated 20 January 1881. Seen in the Wytenburg Brisbane GPO Exhibit

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 4. Rated 5R. Dated 23 February 1881. Seen in Spink auction no 12043 lot no 1142. Ex Griffiths

Code 5

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 5. Rated 4R. Dated 14 April 1881. Seen at Abacus auction no 234 lot no 96

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 5. Rated 4R. Dated 9 June 1881. Seen at Abacus auction no 234 lot no 145

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 5. Rated 4R. Dated 3 October 1881. Seen in the Wytenburg Brisbane GPO Exhibit

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 5. Rated 4R. Dated 24 November 1881. Seen in a private collection

Code 8

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 8. Rated 5R. Dated 14 May 1881. Seen in a private collection

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 8. Rated 5R. Dated 1 November 1881. Seen in a private collection

Code 9

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 9. Rated 4R. Dated 8 January 1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 9. Rated 4R. Dated 2 February 1881. Seen at Abacus auction no 234 lot no 96

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 9. Rated 4R. Dated 11 March 1881. Seen on Ebay

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 9. Rated 4R. Dated 10 October 1881

Code 11

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 11. Rated 5R. Dated 6 June 1881. Seen Lugdunum Auction no 125 lot no 920

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 11. Rated 5R. Dated 14 November 1881

Code 12

1880

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 12. Rated 5R. Dated 24 December 1880. Seen in a private collection

1881

Brisbane datestamp type 11. Code 12. Rated 5R. Dated 1 December 1881. Seen in the Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group